| MAN-U IMPORTS' NEWS |
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| Fall 2000 |
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Vol. 4, No. 3
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| Dining Room
Sets - the Centerpiece for Holiday Entertaining
You can go to a discount furniture store and purchase a piece with an inexpensive veneer top. It will look good for awhile, but it will be assembled with nails, screws and staples and will soon fall apart. Another option is to order a solid hardwood set from an upscale furniture store. You’ll pay a small fortune for it, it will take 9 to 12 weeks to arrive and the joinery won’t be much better than the veneer piece. If, however, you visit our showroom and select a handcrafted Chinese rosewood dining set, you will be investing in a set that has timeless beauty and features the finest joinery in the world. You will own a set that will actually appreciate in value in the years to come. The construction and joinery of Chinese furniture has a long and rich history. The dining sets in our collection are made from the world’s finest rosewood timber, which comes from Thailand. Wood of this quality is becoming extremely rare because it takes 125 years for a tree to mature. (Hundred of years ago, Southern China had huge forests of exotic wood, but the majority of them are gone.) When a Chinese craftsman constructs a dining set, each joint is painstakingly carved to fit snugly together to become a single unit. Using dovetail and mortise and tenon construction to provide the appropriate amount of support for the stress that will be placed on the piece, the craftsman needs only the smallest amount of glue. We have just received a shipment of dining room sets with matching curio/china cabinets and buffet tables. These sets are of superior quality to any we have seen in a long time. In addition to the traditional, carved longevity design, our collection also includes beautiful mother-of-pearl inlaid sets. Choose from an oval table that seats 6, 8 or 10 people or a round table that seats 8 or 10 people. Our set includes chairs, cushions and glass. The dining table prices start form $2,695 that includes table, leafs, chairs and cushions matching china cabinet (72w x 84h x 19d) starts at $2,495 and buffet cabinet (73w x 33h x 19d) from $1,295. These sets are available in natural color or rosewood. Every year we sell out of our inventory of dining sets by Thanksgiving. Come in early for the best selection. When you buy a dining set from us, you will not only have a beautiful gathering place for family and friends, you will be investing in an heirloom that you descendents will enjoy for generations to come.
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